Hi, how do I use a URL with special characters? If I use "&" or "?" in the URL, Drupal encodes it into plain text, and then the page I jump_quickly to has an incorrect URL. For example:

  global $user;
  $options = array(
      'products/56?v1=AND&v2=6' => t('Link Title')
  );
  print jump_quickly($options);

sends the user to www.example.com/products/56%3Fv1%3DAND%2526v2%3D6 but I really want it to point to www.example.com/products/56?v1=AND&v2=6. Any help would be appreciated.

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rj’s picture

rj commented

As a follow up, I ended up hard-coding the URL into the array and it works the way I want it to. I know hard-coding isn't best practices, but hey, it works. So to anyone facing the same problem, this is how your code should look if you want special characters in your path:

  global $user;
  $options = array(
      'http://example.com/products/56?v1=AND&v2=6' => t('Link Title')
  );
  print jump_quickly($options);
kmiles’s picture

kmiles commented

Thanks cultiv8, this info concerning the url encoding was quite helpful.

nicholas.alipaz’s picture

nicholas.alipaz commented
Title: How do I use a URL w/special characters? » Checkout use of querystrings in urls
Version: 5.x-1.1 » 6.x-2.x-dev
Assigned: Unassigned » nicholas.alipaz
Category: support » task
dr3ads’s picture

dr3ads commented

Hi,

I also have this situation. Here is how I dealt with the problem. I know the code is not yet good, but I will share the idea. I haven't got the time to furnish the code..

function jump_quickly_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  if (!empty($form_state['values']['jump_goto'])) {
    $fragment = explode('#', $form_state['values']['jump_goto']);
    /*grab the get variable values.. can loop with the $_GET values except $_GET['q']*/
    $product = $_GET['tid_1'];
    $category = $_GET['tid'];
    $language = $_GET['language'];
    $value = $form_state['values']['jump_goto'];
    /*process query string*/
    if($product || $category || $language)
    {
        $query_string = "tid_1=".$product."&tid=".$category."&language=".$language;
        $value_frag = explode('?',$value);
        $value = $value_frag[0];
    }
    
    if (isset($fragment[1])) {
      drupal_goto($fragment[0], $query_string, $fragment[1]);
    }
    else {
      drupal_goto($value,$query_string);
    }
  }
}

function jump_quickly_form(&$form_state, $options, $menu_state) {
  $default = '';
 
  $product = $_GET['tid_1'];
  $category = $_GET['tid'];
  $language = $_GET['language'];
  $query_string = '';
  if($product || $category || $language)
  {
     $query_string = "?tid_1=".$product."&tid=".$category."&language=".$language;
  }
  $value = $_GET['q'].$query_string;
  if ($menu_state['active'] === 1) {
      
    if (isset($options[$_GET['q']])) {
      $default = $_GET['q'];
    }
//process the default active
    else if(isset($options[$value]) && $query_string != '')
    {
        $default = $_GET['q'];
        $default .= $query_string;
    }
 }
  
  $form = array();
  $form['#submit'][] = 'jump_quickly_form_submit';
  $form['#theme'] = 'jump_quickly_form';
  $form['#attributes']['class'] = 'jump-quickly';
  $form['jump_goto'] = array(
    '#type' => 'select',
    '#default_value' => $default,
    '#options' => $options
  );
  $form['submit'] = array(
    '#type' => 'submit',
    '#value' => t('Go')
  );
  if (variable_get('jump_use_js_' . $menu_state['delta'], 0) === 1) {
    // Give each menu a unique name.
    $form['#attributes']['name'] = 'jumpquickly' . $menu_state['delta'];
    $form['#attributes']['class'] .= ' js-enabled';
//    unset($form['submit']);
    if (variable_get('jump_add_select_' . $menu_state['delta'], 0) === 1) {
      $form['jump_goto']['#attributes']['class'] = 'first-no-jump';
      // Add the extra empty select option to the top of the array.
      $form['jump_goto']['#options'] = array('' => variable_get('jump_add_select_text_' . $menu_state['delta'], t('Select Option'))) + $options;
      $form['jump_goto']['#default_value'] = (array_key_exists($default, $options)) ? $default : '';
    }
  }

  return $form;
}
nicholas.alipaz’s picture

nicholas.alipaz commented

dr3ads, not only did you not use code tags to show your code, but I can't really work with a section of code taken from the module. Please try putting it together as a patch if you're serious about helping us fix this issue.

dr3ads’s picture

dr3ads commented

nicholas, still working on the project. Will work on the patch after I am done with this project. Also, I am very new to contributing works on modules. I still have to read details about this..

Thanks!

-dr3ads